https://padlet.com/madelineziebell21/u5pew824jnrb Where Edith's journals take place en-us 2018-02-04 18:53:11 UTC 2025-12-23 10:51:01 UTC hello@padlet.com madelineziebell21 https://padlet.com/madelineziebell21/u5pew824jnrb/wish/227890139 Auschwitz, also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, opened in 1940 and was the largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps.]]> 2018-02-04 18:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/madelineziebell21/u5pew824jnrb/wish/227890139 madelineziebell21 https://padlet.com/madelineziebell21/u5pew824jnrb/wish/227890499 It evolved into a network of camps where Jewish people and other perceived enemies of the Nazi state were exterminated, often in gas chambers, or used as slave labor.]]> 2018-02-04 18:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/madelineziebell21/u5pew824jnrb/wish/227890499 madelineziebell21 https://padlet.com/madelineziebell21/u5pew824jnrb/wish/227890659 Some prisoners were also subjected to barbaric medical experiments led by Josef Mengele (1911-79). During World War II (1939-45), more than 1 million people, by some accounts, lost their lives at Auschwitz.]]> 2018-02-04 18:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/madelineziebell21/u5pew824jnrb/wish/227890659 madelineziebell21 https://padlet.com/madelineziebell21/u5pew824jnrb/wish/227891361 Hitler wanted all Jews dead. He created "Death Camps" for all Jews. They were brought to this camp to strictly be killed. This greatly became known as the Holocaust.]]> 2018-02-04 19:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/madelineziebell21/u5pew824jnrb/wish/227891361 madelineziebell21 https://padlet.com/madelineziebell21/u5pew824jnrb/wish/227891810 2018-02-04 19:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/madelineziebell21/u5pew824jnrb/wish/227891810 madelineziebell21 https://padlet.com/madelineziebell21/u5pew824jnrb/wish/227892576 2018-02-04 19:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/madelineziebell21/u5pew824jnrb/wish/227892576 madelineziebell21 https://padlet.com/madelineziebell21/u5pew824jnrb/wish/227893084 As the Jews and many other hated on people arrived to Auschwitz 2, they would be split into two lines. In the left would mainly be women, children, and older men who were unfit or unhealthy. At the right would be stronger, fitter men (rarely women). The left line would be sent for immediate death  in the gas champers . and the right line would be prisoners of the camp. But most prisoners would die from  starvation, exposure, forced labor, and/or torture.]]> 2018-02-04 19:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/madelineziebell21/u5pew824jnrb/wish/227893084 madelineziebell21 https://padlet.com/madelineziebell21/u5pew824jnrb/wish/227893553

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/auschwitz

https://www.thoughtco.com/auschwitz-concentration-and-death-camp-1779652 

https://www.nowyouknowfacts.com/2015/09/10-horrifying-facts-about-the-auschwitz-concentration-camps.html/2 

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